Amazing Christmas Gift
Staff at a Bexhill-based holiday parks group have been described as “truly amazing” after they donated a whole van-full of gifts to a Hastings food charity. The comment was made by Dom Warren of Dom’s Food Mission who collected the…
Music for Wellbeing
The Music Well provides music therapy and musical activities in the community and educational settings in Rye, Bexhill, Rother and Hastings & St Leonards. The aim is to improve outcomes for vulnerable families and individuals and promote positive mental health…
Progress on Climate Change or just a Cop Out?
Scientists have known about the dangers of climate change for 50 years. Politicians were slow off the mark, but as far back as 1989, Margaret Thatcher had this to say: “We are seeing a vast increase in the amount of…
There’s a crack in everything
I find simple day-to-day things quite difficult, so having a car with a slow puncture was always going to be a challenge. But with prodding from my wife, I managed to book into Tyre City. in the morning wasn’t ideal,…
A Genuine Future for St Leonard’s Church?
St Leonard’s Church is a huge asset and yet it appears forgotten and forlorn set back from the seafront where regeneration is happening at an astonishing rate – whether in the interest of the town or not is another ;…
Open Gardens 2021: A Huge Success
For anyone who missed St Michael’s Hospice Open Garden Season, it is well worth putting in your diaries for next year. Not only is it a wonderful opportunity to see a wide range of beautiful gardens, but it also helps…
OPINION
Healthcare in Hastings The news is currently full of stories about food supply shortages – although I haven’t personally encountered that, perhaps because we tend to buy locally where there may be fewer shortages. Recently, though, we have experienced scarcity…
Animating Hastings
Supported by Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, as part of the Hastings Digital Museum programme, Tree Tunnel have created the bare bones of a 30-second animated film celebrating the town – and they need your help to bring it to…
Festival set to wow Hastings!
Frock up Friday had a modest start. In fact it began because Bev Francis and Susan Simms “just like dressing up”. As Bev said in an article in HIP last year: “When Susan wasn’t being her alter-ego blues singer Sister…
Alfresco Dining set for Permanent Increase?
You can’t have helped noticing the number of cafes spreading out onto the pavements of Hastings and St Leonards. You’ve probably concluded it’s something to do with the pandemic but may also be wondering if it will ; According to…